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Clammers digging through pandemic, but shellfish are fewer On Sept. 3, 2020, clamdigger Mike Soule hauls bags of clams on a sled across a mudflat in Freeport, Maine. More New Englanders have dug in the tidal mudflats during the last year, but they’re finding fewer clams. The coronavirus pandemic has inspired more people in the Northeastern states to dig for the soft-shell clams. Robert F. Bukaty / AP file Published: 4/19/2021 2:00:04 PM Chad Coffin has spent the coronavirus pandemic much as he has the previous several decades: on the mudflats of Maine, digging for the clams that draw tour...

In this Sept. 3, 2020 file photo, clamdigger Mike Soule hauls bags of clams on a sled across a mudflat in Freeport, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty / AP) Chad Coffin has spent the coronavirus pandemic much as he has the previous several decades: on the mudflats of Maine, digging for the clams that draw tourists to seafood shacks around New England. But he's running into a problem: few clams. “There just isn’t the clams that there used to be," Coffin said. "I don’t want to be negative, I’m just trying to be realistic.” It's a familiar problem experienced by New England's clamdiggers. More N...

Clammers digging through pandemic, but shellfish are fewer by Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press Posted Apr 17, 2021 8:38 am EDT Last Updated Apr 17, 2021 at 8:44 am EDT FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2020 file photo, clamdigger Mike Soule hauls bags of clams on a sled across a mudflat in Freeport, Maine. More New Englanders have dug in the tidal mudflats during the last year, but they're finding fewer clams. The coronavirus pandemic has inspired more people in the Northeastern states to dig for the soft-shell clams. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) PORTLAND, Maine — Chad Coffin has spent the ...